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Chronicles of a Narnia Geek #159 - Update at Last! Walden Has Lost Purchasing Rights? GPuddle 940 views NarniaWeb report: http://www.narniaweb.com/2011/09/the-next-narnia-film-where-we-are-now/ NarniaFans report: http://www.narniafans.com/archives/12219
Chronicles of a Narnia Geek #158 - My Grandfather GPuddle 561 views Where it all started for me.
Chronicles of a Narnia Geek #157 - VDT Blu-ray review GPuddle 813 views This review is far longer than the movie/disc deserves. I wanted to keep it quick and simple, but got a little carried away.
Chronicles of a Narnia Geek #156 - A Rather Depressing Unboxing GPuddle 769 views Forgive me, fellow Narnians
Chronicles of a Narnia Geek #155 - 'Magician's Nephew' Negotiations Stalled GPuddle 1,208 views (Dr. Peter Kreeft on VDT: http://vimeo.com/19443414 ) Narnia 4 Update: As best as we can tell, it appears that a whole lot of nothing is going on. Recorded on 6/23/11
Chronicles of a Narnia Geek #154 - Apted Quote From VDT Audio Commentary GPuddle 958 views Michael Apted is at it again.
Chronicles of a Narnia Geek #153 - 'The Magician's Nephew' is Next GPuddle 1,445 views The producers will deviate from the original published order. Why? Micheal Flaherty tells us: Money. Surprising no one. Read my opinion piece from about a month ago: http:/...
Problems with Fox/Walden's 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' GPuddle 1,555 views Chronicles of a Narnia Geek #152 I have said many times that Fox/Walden's adaptation of CS Lewis' "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" is a bad film and a worse adaptation. Her...
Part 11b: 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' Film Commentary (Final Scene) GPuddle 1,072 views Chronicles of a Narnia Geek #151, Part B The conclusion of my film commentary on Fox/Walden's 'Dawn Treader' adaptation. I actually kind of like the final scene. But overa...
Part 11a: 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' Film Commentary (The End of the World) GPuddle 719 views Chronicles of a Narnia Geek #151, Part A Finally, we have reached the world's end...

About Chronicles of a Narnia Geek

"GlumPuddle... I have issues with you." --Stephen McFeely (Narnia screenwriter), Dec 2008

This channel chronicles my journey anticipating Walden Media's CHRONICLES OF NARNIA film adaptations. I usually post a video after a major news story.

This channel should not be used as a news source. That's what NarniaWeb.com is for. This is just my reaction to the big news stories.

Videos #1-78: 'Prince Caspian' speculation/anticipation
Episodes #79-92: 'Prince Caspian' analysis
Episodes #93-135: 'Dawn Treader' speculation/anticipation
Episodes #136-152: 'Dawn Treader' analysis
Episodes #153-present: 'Narnia 4' speculation/anticipation

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Feb 9, 2012

Date Joined

Apr 19, 2007

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My grandfather taught a college course on Lewis and Tolkien, so I grew up knowing what Narnia was, and the basic story. I became a fanatic in early 2001 when I read the books all the way through for myself. I read the series twice that year. These books bring back the magic of storytime, and like all great childrens literature, the inside is bigger than the outside; CS Lewis had an extraordinary ability to express very complicated concepts using very simple stories. The books undoubtedly changed my life.

In 2002, I heard that a film adaptation of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" was in the works, and I started following the news. Since the books had such a big impact on my life, it was of course incredibly important to me that Director Andrew Adamson get it right.

For four years, I followed the news and anticipated the release of the film. I discovered NarniaWeb.com in May 2004, and it became my primary source for updates. A year later, the NW webmaster, Tirian, invited me to join the news staff, and I have been one of the writers ever since.

So how was the film?

LWW was pretty good, but a little disappointing. There is nothing especially wrong with it. It's just that there is nothing especially right with it. As far as adaptation, they remained quite close to the literal story, but failed to capture the major emotional beats of the book, like Peter's first battle and Aslan's death and resurrection. Still, Hollywood can do FAR worse. They certainly did not butcher the book. Far from it. So, I guess my one-word review for LWW would be "content."

When the anticipation for Prince Caspian started, I decided to start doing a video blog chronicling my journey anticipating the film. I loved it, and have been making videos ever since.

In a nutshell...
The LWW film is pretty consistently decent. Pretty good, but not great.
The PC film is a weird mixture of great and bad.
The VDT film is garbage.

- I was one of six finalists for Disney's "Ultimate Narnia Fan" competition in 2007.

- In June 2007, I visited the Prince Caspian set in Prague and interviewed the cast and crew. You can read my reports at NarniaWeb.

- I help post news on NarniaWeb.com, the #1 source for Narnia movie news.

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United States

Occupation

Video Editor

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NarniaWeb

Schools

Bachelor's degree: Telecommunications-Production; Outside Concentration: Film & Media Studies

Interests

Two of my biggest interests are filmmaking and the Narnia books. So you can imagine how excited I was when I heard they were going to make Narnia films.

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